IPL 2018: Match 33, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings – Statistical Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders face Chennai Super Kings in the crucial home fixture as they need two crucial points to strengthen their position in the top four. The Knight Riders have been inconsistent throughout the tournament having won and lost four matches each. They have lost two of the four matches they played at home which is a sign for the team since the Eden Gardens was considered a fortress. CSK, on the other hand, won mainly because of their batting strengths with one or the other batsman turning put in ever match.

Key stats and numbers to observe ahead of the game between Kolkata and Chennai:

4 – Number of times Chennai Super Kings have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens. Only Mumbai Indians (8) have won more IPL matches against KKR in Kolkata. However, CSK lost their previous two games against KKR at this venue.

48 – Number of wickets Piyush Chawla has picked up in his IPL career for KKR. He needs two more wickets to become the 2nd player after Sunil Narine to bag 50 IPL wickets for the team.

99 – Number of sixes Ambati Rayudu has hit in the IPL so far. Rayudu needs to hit one more six to complete 100 sixes in the IPL. Only 15 players have hit 100 and more sixes in the IPL so far.

521 – Robin Uthappa is one of the three players to score 500+ IPL runs against Chennai Super Kings. He scored 521 runs against CSK in 17 IPL innings at an average of 37.21 with three fifties.

715 – Suresh Raina holds the record for scoring the most number of runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. He has scored 715 runs against KKR in just 19 innings at an average of 44.68 with help of seven fifties. MS Dhoni has scored 412 runs against KKR in the IPL at an average of 51.5 in 18 innings.

992 – Runs Robin Uthappa has scored in the T20 matches played in Eden Gardens. He needs eight more runs to become the 2nd player with 1000 T20 runs in Kolkata after Gautam Gambhir.

3904 – Runs Suresh Raina has scored in the IPL while playing for the Chennai Super Kings. He needs 96 more runs to become the first player with 4000 IPL runs for CSK.

9934 – Ravindra Jadeja has scored 9934 runs in his professional career so far. He needs 66 more runs to complete 10000 runs across all formats.